Wash machine



Jan. 16, 1923. 1,442,695

J. F. MORRIS. WAsH MACHINE. FILED N v, 15, I9] 9.

Jan. 16, 1923. 1,442,695

J. F. MORRIS. WASH MACHINE, FILED Nqvv 15, 19W 2 SHEETS'SHEET 2 Fzg. Z.

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Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

JOSEPH FRANKLIN MORRIS, OF WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

WASH MACHINE.

Application filed November 15, 1919.

To (IN w /mm it may concern.

Be it known that I, Josnen F. Moinns. a citizen of the United States. residing, at West Lafayette. in the county of llippecanoe and State of lndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in \Vash Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a washing inachiue and has for its primary object to con st ruct an apparatus of this character capable of more efficiently washing clothes and in such a manner that the minimum amount of energy will be consumed.

An object of the invention is the provision of a basket for holding;- the clothes i such 3 construction that the clothes will be subject to a rubbinp action and besides to a continuous movement oi water so that all the dirt will be forced from the clothes both by the agitation of the water and the rub- 'bing action of the basket.

Besides the above my invention is dis tingnished in the use of an oscillatory mechanism for the basket capable of being qnickl connected :to and disconnecttal from the basket so that the latter may easily move to and be held in a position to allow the clothes to be arranged in the basket or removed therefrom.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a side elevation view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the drive mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view.

l ijg ."i is a detailed view oi a portion of the shaft. i

Fig. H is a detailed view showing how the link is associated with the shaft.

A gain referring to the drawi 1151's illustrating: one manner in which the invention may be constructed #1 designates a water receptacle supported within the body 9 ol' the machine. This body 2 includes the top 3 Serial No. 338,227.

and a door 11-, closing and openin; in the top. Thus it will be seen that when the door is closed the water is prevented from splashing from the receptacle 1. lilounted for swinging movement in the receptacle 1 is a U shaped shaft 6 jonrnalled in the body 2 and having one end formed into a crank arm 7 for purpose hereinafter described. The basket h which is supported by the shaft so as to be oscillated in the receptacle 1 may be of any suitable construction but for the pnr iiose of illustration l have shown basket H of wire. which in the arrangement shown has the advantage of rubbing the clothes in the movement of the basket. The basket 8. being formed of wire may be attached to the U shaped shalt (i in any suitable manner such as by wires, or the like (not shown). This basket is provided with an opening J for the insertion of the clothes into the basket and is closed by the l d it) in the use of the machine.

I. have shown in the drawings one construction of mechanism for oscillating the shaft (3 consisting of a drive shaft 11 havin; a gear connection with the motor 13. This shal't ll has mounted thereon a disc 14 provided with a pin 15 working Within a slot 16 in one arm of a bell crank lever li'. Pivoted to the other arm of the bell crank lever is a link i one end of which is formed to provide a slot 19 for the reception of the crank arm I. liy this construction will be seen that the link may be quickly thrown out of engagement with the crank and pres sure applied to the crank by the hand of the ope 'ator for moving the basket to the position in Figure 2 where the clothes may be readily removed and subject to the wringer 21) supported upon the machine. This wringer may be any of the well known types.

The basket may be held n position shown in Fig. 2 by slipping the ring 57 of the chain 22 over the crank arm.

it is. of course. to be nnclersto l that the invention may be constructed in various other n'iauners and the parts associated in other relations and, ll'lfil'OfOl'O. I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as so! forth in tlw vlnim lu-l'iimtu up wvnlluii.

Having Hm: clcsi'i'ihwl In} imvniiinin wlnlt i vlzzim isin 11 Washing man-M110. U10 minbinaiiiun with :1 i'm-eptacle of a substantially U-shupe i shaft within said roueptnvhy :1 fm'zuninious (-lnthes (-untainer shaped as a segment of a u vlinder vzu'ricd by said U-Shaped shaft and movable in said receptzu-h; mid .--1|:| I! having JOSEPH Fh ANKLT N MOHR IS. 

